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Katherine Chipman

Royal Society (British science society) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - 0 views

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      Katherine Chipman on 23 Sep 10
       
      It is amazing that something that began in the 1600's is still active and involved today in the furthering of knowledge and exploration! The Society has made significant contributions throughout its history, and those contributions continue today.
  • Shuan Pai on 23 Sep 10
     
    Britannica blurb about the Royal Society. Gives some brief but good background info.
  • Parker Woody on 23 Sep 10
     
    Short description of the beginnings of the Royal Soceity
Sean Watson

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • In 1672, the journal published Newton's first paper New Theory about Light and Colours
  • it has remained in continuous publication ever since, making it the world's longest running scientific journal
  • The use of the word "philosophical" in the title derives from the phrase "natural philosophy", which was the equivalent of what we would now generically call "science
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  • Oldenburg published the journal at his own personal expense and seems to have entered into an agreement with the Council of the Royal Society allowing him to keep any resulting profits
  • He was to be disappointed, however, since the journal performed poorly from a financial point of view during Oldenburg's lifetime
  • Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, and Charles Darwin
Shuan Pai

Royal Society of London - 2 views

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royal society london improvement natural knowledge presentation slideshare

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  • Shuan Pai on 23 Sep 10
     
    This presentation from Slideshare follows closely with what our class is discussing presently. Includes Open Content, Web 2.0, Social Networking, etc.
Bri Zabriskie

YouTube - Time Warp - Water Balloon to the Face - 1 views

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royal society digital culture

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  • Bri Zabriskie on 10 Oct 10
     
    Discovery channel -- Royal Society. ANyone else see the connection here?
James Wilcox

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - 0 views

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Scientific Journals Royal Society open movement digiciv

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  • James Wilcox on 23 Sep 10
     
    This is the oldest and longest running scientific Journal in the world.  It has a lot of free open content to keep you busy.
Sean Watson

Robert Hooke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Jump to: navigation, search Robert Hooke Portrait of Hooke, 2004. Born 18 July 1635Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England Died 3 March 1703 (aged 67)London, England Fields Physics and chemistry Institutions Oxford University Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford Academic advisors Robert Boyle Known for Hooke's LawMicroscopyapplied the word 'cell' Influences Richard Busby Contents [hide] 1 Life and works 1.1 Early life 1.2 Oxford 1.3 The Watch Balance Spring 1.4 Royal Society 2 Personality and disputes 3 Hooke the scientist 3.1 Mechanics 3.2 Gravitation 3.3 Microscopy 3.4 Astronomy 4 Hooke the architect 5 Likenesses 6 Commemorations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links //
  • Hooke is known for his law of elasticity (Hooke's law), his book, Micrographia, and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life
  • Micrographia
Kevin Watson

UK science risks relegation, warns Royal Society - physicsworld.com - 0 views

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Science digiciv Royal Society uk risks

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  • Kevin Watson on 22 Sep 10
     
    How much money should be given to Science and Research?
David Potter

Great blog about the Enlightenment in England and France - 0 views

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  • David Potter on 29 Sep 10
     
    this blog is reviewing a book about the Enlightenment. It makes several interesting points about the Royal Society of London.
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